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.';56 X Clitheroe Advertiser &Times,xThursday, June 11th, 2009


TROPHY- TIME FOR UNITED


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SAM Jackson helped book I'fiC


7 -- :, po pu la r .Clitheroe stal- :: wart Neil Reynolds has . expressed his love for the x


; - club.after leavingjto join:- l UniBond League F i r s t '


. Division-: North rivals - Bamber Bridge. .‘.The club’s longest serv-.


; ing player will be firmly , and gracefully etched into..


: : Clitheroe’s history books . after, scoring, the goal that


If uSir ' .


leases Blues stoiBelecUjffi


- club he loves when he pulls on the'white shirt of Bam-. ;ber. Bridge, who finished


: one place and one point above Clitheroe last sea­ son.


' , . ; “I am moving to further


■ . secured the North-West Counties League title on the final day of the 2003- ■ 04 campaign.


- . The Blues faithful who


. ■ pack into Shawbridge at every opportunity will remember-“Reno’’ for his . passion for Clitheroe and


:.. for wearing his footbaliing . heart on his sleeve. -


. f In just under 10 years of


. : player, manager and play-: er-coach. He said: .‘,‘1 have loved-.


■ 'v my time at Clitheroe,- absolutely loved it.T have.


: : left before but unfortu­ nately I have now left for' - ; the final time as a player. .: • , :“But I have loved every ,


• single minute of my time, .' - through both the.good


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• ‘proud and privileged to - pull on a blue shirt. “ I t hasn't been an easy,


: decision to leave, I can .:. assure you that, because it


; is where;:my heart:will ■ always be. I love the place. ..


■ . .“When people pull on that - . blue shirt . th e y ' feel extremely V proud =; an d :.


• everyone tries their best. I - . - have the blue of.Clitheroe,. running, through - my veins.” ■ - - , > ' “Reno” added: “The


. - stability and the potential - ■


: my career and I am relish­ ing this new. challenge at- Bamber Bridga ; “I'm not looking for­


“There is a lotof hard


work on behind the scenes from everybody. Everyone chips in which is a big rea­ son for the club’s success.. But you never know, we. may work together, again. in the future.” - , ' • Ho added: “I can’t see


ward to playing Ciitheroe ’ next year thou^. I left the club with a heavy heart


.'but they will always be a ■ part of me. - -


• being involved at the Rib- ble .Valley club- he has ■ ■ pulled on the shirt as a


•■;: “rd id a bit of every­ thing at Clitheroe, whether: it be as player, manager or player-manager.but I ’m : going to Bamber.Bridge as ? a pla3?er.and I am looking forward to be judged on


•my ability as a football: player. ■


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able to complete my. 10 th; year a t the club but i t’s time to move on and see; what I can do.” . -


.. Clitheroe ,Chairman


u Kitimes and the bad; No X : matter what occasion it ? was I have always been ?.


■ myself returning as a man- ; ager just yet, certainly not .. in the short term anyway. I don’t want to manage : ■just. - yet. '.Managing ; Clitheroe took a lot out of - me and I- have a young family that I want to focus on and bring up. “If theopportunityaris-


County cup win for the Cobras


A SUPERB all-round per- ? formance from Tim LeBre-


i.ton took Ciitheroe Cobras - Under ISs to LCB glory. ■' He cracked 33 and also claimed 3-11 to see Clitheroe . to victory over Blackburn Northern m the final of the ? county competition. ■ ■ Batting first. Northern started strongly, and , looked to be heading for a ; large total. ' But quality bowling and excellent fielding by.


; es in a few years time and: - myself and the club was ■ ;■ still as hungry then I’d defr ,■ initely take the chance. I will reassess my options -


V. “It will be sad not being ?


: when it comes round to it. ?' ■xTnever want to say never-' though because I know I .'


'CarLiGarner-'recently: heaped praise on ‘IReno” , for the time he spent at the club on Clitheroe’s unoffi­ cial football club website


i.the club: and:formed-a-. “rock solid’’ friendship.:?. •-:


-.Reynolds said:.‘!‘Words could not. sum up what I - want,to say about Carl : (Gamer). We have come a long way together and I class him as one of my best friends in football.


: “He ‘ has always ■ • club has certainly got the ■:


-. . the team is there; to now,,.::: - .’ have the new clubhouse; -: ■. i. and good stadium facilities: x. .iiVso i t : would ibe nice Tor. , th e n ^ to . win a .trophy.sr.


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!;/-They deserve to be recog­ nised and put back on the r ' 'non-league map.”.'


•-■--And theiihidfielder x'T had •


■; to achieve success. The fan • base is there, the nucleus of ,.• ■


belief in the club and has always believed in me'.T - just hope I did him proud.. He is a fantastic guy and has given so much and ■ .worked incredibly hard for Clitheroa - ,


7 .-.“Without him the club


Xir, admits that he is not look- ? ing forward to meeting the ‘


.would certainly. struggle.\- He has^^ways stood by me and has been a rock for me.' He’s pushed the club on so far and people don’t recog- * nise' the .level of.toxl work4 that,he andfthe rest of.xe those behind the scenes; ' have done


-: have unfinished business at- ■ . Clitheroe as a manager.-It' ■ is certainly a dream of - ::mine to return sometime :■ in the future.”


“ Blue Swayed Views”. . .? ■ The pair have sp en t:: many, years together and,


;■ And in a parting word .he said:.“The fans have , been rock solid for me and , the club and I ivish them all the success for the :


‘ future. The Clitheroe score: .-will be the first result I .


rlo'ok out for on a Saturday'? . and I will still be in touch ., .from time to time to see., .'how they’ve got on. I just


.Clitheroe restricted them , -to 94-6 off their 20 overs. - : ; James Scott, Liam Nut-


tall and Chris Bowness all bowled tightly,’ while , LeBreton-' and - Jack, Houldsworth.(2-16) were'' -the wicket takers. '?-


:


..?.;In,reply,:an opening partnership by Boss Dent


Following in tennis heroes’ footsteps^


• don’t want anybody to . : :think tha t I have taken this decision lightly. . ' - !‘There has been a num-


: ber of, issues and reasons' behind why l have left the' '


. club; I t just felt like the ; right decision. But I hope '


■ Peter.(Smith) can take:-:' them from strength-.to


v: strength as a manager and - give the club the success ■ that it craves and deserves.


.--^iHe added that he want- ^nd is looking forward to • ^ “ k youy seeing to see sbme.of his


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something in the,near ’ rpj^g youngster was'--, .


I really^hope, they, win '.youngplayer. ........ .


i A.RIBBLE Valle/youhg^^^^^^ : ster is hoping to follow in --; the footsteps.'of : his tennis S heroes Federeh'Nadai'Mdc^^ Murray.


.■ X - -Dominic. jNaylbr,§^ofs^^


, Whalley, woif a'tropiiy atW the;Da,vid Lloyd;Junibr,;;-? : Open in ChoHey


■ Under Sboys’compe^^^ -?, He is coached - in ■fClitheroe.“ . byi;®


. . . ...iidentified as a! talented;'i-’- -r.x--


jSchbfield and;Kas^^^^^ , delighted with his success';:


'-with'-th^club indudrog bjedon when he^goes'with-; his dad.later this sumfher.Ss: (s)


tennis heroes playat Wim- ■ -


f.,; A 2 pupil at.West’l? •holme^i:Lower-:'School;g: Dominic' (pictured) beat?;- fi-ye “opponents Uh?ithe“


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(18) and LeBreton (33) took the game away from, Northern, seeing off their key bowlers and putting.- the Cobras in control. ; ■ And timely knocks from George . -Drake (13) •


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Houldsworth (11 not out) and Ahmed (8 not out) saw Clitheroe over the line with four overs to spare. '


. The Cobras are pictured celebrating their success, (s)


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- St-Michael and St John’s Primary School a date at . the home of Lancashire


• cricket. He struck gold with the


- final ball of their match - with Pendle a t the Kwik . Cricket Festival at Rib- . blesdale Wanderers’


' Church Meadow ground. ; . And in doing so, he


: earned his side the right to ■ represent the Ribble 'Valley -at the Lancashire County


- Final at Old Trafford on -July 7th. With Pendle strong


favourites going into the final, St Michael and St John’s batted first and looked set for a large total going into the final two overs. .


. However, they lost three


- wickets and made only four runs in that spell, set­ ting a total of 228. Pendle would have been


confident of making this total, and were helped greatly as the locals con­ ceded 12 runs through over-throws. But a collapse saw Pen­ dle lose five wickets in the


. final three overs, including three in the final over. Pendle required only a


single off the last ball to send them through, but Jackson rattled the stumps


• to send his side through to Old Trafford. . Their successful after­ noon began ivith a massive 180-run win over Gisburn in a preliminary round fix­ ture, the largest winning


:. margin in Ribble Valley : Kwik Cricket history. ;■ Barnacre Road, Lon- gridge, were their victims


• in the first round proper, before Simonstone were overhauled in the semi­ final.’- '? ., Pendle and St Michael


-and St John’s are pictured .with Ribble Valley Mayor Beverley Jones and her consort, (s)


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